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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2009
Thomas Arnold Anschutz, Conyers, GA (US);
Jeffrey Patrick Cassanova, Villa Rica, GA (US);
Scott Crandall Holt, Decatur, GA (US);
Nicholas Steven Huslak, Duluth, GA (US);
Edgar Vaughan Shrum, Jr., Smyrna, GA (US);
Scott Traynham Stillman, Peachtree City, GA (US);
LI Zhang, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Thomas Arnold Anschutz, Conyers, GA (US);
Jeffrey Patrick Cassanova, Villa Rica, GA (US);
Scott Crandall Holt, Decatur, GA (US);
Nicholas Steven Huslak, Duluth, GA (US);
Edgar Vaughan Shrum, Jr., Smyrna, GA (US);
Scott Traynham Stillman, Peachtree City, GA (US);
Li Zhang, Alpharetta, GA (US);
AT&T Intellecutal Property I, L.P, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Quality of Service (QoS) and/or bandwidth allocation is managed in a Regional/Access Network (RAN) that provides end-to-end transport between a Network Service Provider (NSP) and/or an Application Service Provider (ASP), and a Customer Premises Network (CPN) that includes a Routing Gateway (RG). A first subsystem is configured to manage QoS and/or bandwidth allocation for an access session in the CPN. A second subsystem is configured to manage QoS and/or bandwidth allocation for an application flow in the CPN. Thus, the RAN can independently manage QoS, session authentication and/or bandwidth allocation for an access session and for an application flow.